Diet quality among US-born and foreign-born non-Hispanic blacks: NHANES 2003-2012 data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-Hispanic blacks in the United States are less likely to not meet national dietary recommendations than non-Hispanic whites; however, most studies do not consider nativity of US blacks.

Objective

With the use of the Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI-2010) and the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) scores, this cross-sectional study compared diet quality between US-born (n = 3,911) and foreign-born (n = 408) non-Hispanic black adults aged 22-79 y, based on pooled nationally representative data (NHANES 2003-2012) as well as by length of US residency.

Design

The association between nativity and diet quality was determined by using multivariable-adjusted linear regression for the continuous total diet quality scores and their components o

SUBMITTER: Brown AGM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6240153 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature